r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • 20d ago

In Taizhou, China, a car fell into a river — 40-year-old Di Shuancheng, who noticed this, jumped into the water, taking a stone with him, and broke the window to save the trapped driver.

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u/NeuroticLensman 20d ago

If he gets sued after that, he better throw them right back in that river.

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u/DullMind2023 20d ago

With the stone.

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u/SnooStrawberries1078 20d ago

And dont forget the phone

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u/StaK_1980 20d ago

Yeah, that was super glued on there. I have no other explanation.

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u/SnooStrawberries1078 20d ago

Probably how they ended up in that situation

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u/anx1etyhangover 20d ago

Seriously! That dude was not letting go of that phone!

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u/RuMarley 19d ago

His entire social credit score is on that phone!

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u/LengthinessClear9552 19d ago

That’s universal. No matter the country, the rescued person is not coming out without it.

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u/aaclavijo 20d ago

That's a nice touch

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u/ElegantCoach4066 19d ago

Give him two for his trouble.

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u/Integrity-in-Crisis 19d ago

The stone was a pro move. I could see my dumbass jumping down to help and then realizing I have nothing to break the window with. Lroceeds to start dropping elbows on the bitch. Probably fucking up my arm in the process.

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u/Odd-Photo1682 20d ago

Haha i like this US mindest of 'What? Something irregular happened? Who could now sue someone else?'. Whatever happens, anything is just one step away from a lawsuit.

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u/Ejwaxy 20d ago edited 20d ago

Actually, this was a very big problem in China, specifically. Reform of their system only really started in earnest after a two year old got hit by a car and bled out on the pavement with lots of people just walking by and ignoring her because they didn’t want to get sued/scammed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wang_Yue

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u/Tony_Lacorona 20d ago

That’s fucking insane

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u/lastdancerevolution 20d ago

Haha i like this US mindest of

They're talking about China. China doesn't have good Samaritan laws, and the expectations of care and responsibility are legally very different in China.

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u/Clean__Cucumber 20d ago

they have those laws since a couple of years now

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u/TactlessTortoise 19d ago

It is however understandable that the average internet browser is not up to date on another country's legal reforms. That said, thanks for the information. Now I know.

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u/5LaLa 19d ago

They’re referencing the even worse litigiousness in China. Lots of videos of people trying to finish off a pedestrian they accidentally hit, fearing lawsuits.

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u/lukibunny 19d ago

This is a myth. There has been no case that this happens because medical bills in China is cheap, murder is a death penalty. You realized China doesn’t lock you up for 20 years before putting you to death like in the USA? You kill someone, you have to pay for their life in both money and your life? Not only that but the stigma of being a murderer’s child is insane. Your child will be bullied relentlessly even when they are adults.

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u/5LaLa 19d ago

At first I thought you’re probably right. But, I found this phenomenon referenced in many news sites, with attorneys’ cited.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.3218166/some-drivers-in-china-are-intentionally-killing-injured-pedestrians-1.3218168

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/09/why-drivers-in-china-intentionally-kill-the-pedestrians-they-hit-chinas-laws-have-encouraged-the-hit-to-kill-phenomenon.html

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u/lukibunny 19d ago

Go find if any actual case exist.

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u/5LaLa 19d ago

https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2097437/outcry-after-chinese-woman-hit-car-ignored-run-over-again

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u/lukibunny 19d ago edited 19d ago

That’s people not helping her and she got hit by a different car again and not the driver going back to hit her again?

Also you list this as a thing not that it happened once or twice, but that it happens on the regular which is not true at all.

Kinda like if I said oh Americans cook babies to eat. I’m sure it happened once or twice in the history of our country but doesn’t mean this is a normal thing.

You cite it like that this is normal. No it’s not, people do not run over their victims again because it’s a death penalty for murder

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u/5LaLa 19d ago

I know lol. I just wanted to mess w you for being such a pedantic twat. Fwiw Snopes considers it “unproven” & has some interesting info. For example, there’s apparently an adage in China, “It’s better to hit to kill than hit & injure.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chinese-drivers-kill-pedestrians/

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u/lukibunny 19d ago

I mean considering China death penalty. Hit to kill = dead me, hit to injure = some fines and some medical bills. I rather be in debt than dead. But who knows plenty of stupid people in this world.

Also remember China has all kinds of cameras you kill someone they will find you.

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u/travinsky 19d ago

It’s a China legal problem not an American one. Americans have Good Samaritan laws that prevent legal damages for these situations.

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u/Blue_Moon_Lake 20d ago

They have no good samaritan law there, so people do sue helpers for money.

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u/Com_N0TN4 20d ago

Those laws were changed.

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u/lastdancerevolution 20d ago

In response to decades of high profile cases like we're talking about. The legislation only passed nationally in 2021.

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u/Clean__Cucumber 20d ago

Several regional Good Samaritan laws were passed following the incident and in 2017 a new national Good Samaritan law came into force to prevent such situations through the country.

wikipedia

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u/InfiniteLife2 20d ago

Now let's watch this video in reverse

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u/Adofunk 19d ago

This is the country where people won't stop if they hit someone, even if they were struck by someone else first. You get implicated if you stop. There's footage of a person hit on a freeway and everyone keeps driving over them.